Snapdragon 801 vs Helio G80
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (Adreno 330) with the newer 8-core MediaTek Helio G80 (Mali-G52 MP2) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
- Performs 62% better in floating-point computations
- 25% higher CPU clock speed (2500 vs 2000 MHz)
- Supports 11% higher memory bandwidth (14.9 against 13.41 GB/s)
Pros of MediaTek Helio G80
- Has a smaller size transistor (12 versus 28 nm)
- Has 4 more cores
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 11 score β 318K vs 159K
- Higher GPU frequency (~64%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 68085 | 139627 |
| GPU | 24889 | 16620 |
| Memory | 23293 | 79612 |
| UX | 42866 | 82180 |
| Total score | 159133 | 318039 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [27 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 78.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 37.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 54.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 26.9 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 46.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 4.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 13.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 2.37 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 14 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 1.75 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 1 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 0.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 0.05 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.02 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 3.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 126.7 FPS |
| API | - | OpenCL |
| Samples | - | 9 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 173 |
| Stability | - | 97% |
| Graphics test | - | 1 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | - | 5872 |
| Video editing score | - | 4857 |
| Data manipulation score | - | 5981 |
| Photo editing score | - | 11129 |
| Writing score | - | 6856 |
| Phones tested | - | 5 models |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 30 FPS [High] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 30 FPS [Low] |
| Fortnite | - | 27 FPS [Low] |
| Shadowgun Legends | - | 52 FPS [Low] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 53 FPS [Medium] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 54 FPS [High] |
| Device | - | Realme 6i 720 x 1600 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
No benchmark results yet
MediaTek Helio G80
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-18 (Gibro) | AnTuTu 12 | 389933 |
| π 2026-10-13 (kauaalsf) | AnTuTu 11 | 311584 |
| π 2026-10-04 -> Obs | AnTuTu 12 | 436098 |
| π 2026-09-10 (TestingPhones) | AnTuTu 11 | 275902 |
| π 2026-07-25 (Jordi2214) | AnTuTu 11 | 243104 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 801 and Helio G80CPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.5 GHz β Krait | 2x 2 GHz β Cortex-A75 6x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A55 |
| Cores | 4 | 8 |
| Frequency | 2500 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 320 KB |
| L3 cache | - | 1 MB |
| Process | 28 nanometers | 12 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 1 billion | 5.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 330 | Mali-G52 MP2 |
| Architecture | Adreno 300 | Bifrost 2nd gen |
| GPU frequency | 578 MHz | 950 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 2 |
| Shading units | 128 | 24 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 148 Gigaflops | 91.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 11 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR3 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 933 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gb/s | 13.41 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.0 | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 2048 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 21MP | 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 2K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 5 | LTE Cat. 7 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 300 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 50 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | February 2014 | February 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | MSM8974 v3 | MT6769T |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 official site | MediaTek Helio G80 official site |
| Successor | - | - MediaTek Helio G88 |
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